Table 2b: Recorded offences of rape of a female by police force area, 2002-03 to 2008-09
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
Avon and Somerset
361
447
427
295
393
352
308
Bedfordshire
116
139
149
188
141
106
158
British Transport Police
11
25
39
17
16
14
22
Cambridgeshire
177
216
219
193
193
198
180
Cheshire
104
172
184
165
150
140
141
Cleveland
96
139
135
158
125
130
122
Cumbria
61
71
73
73
63
78
69
Derbyshire
185
221
257
253
253
217
242
Devon and Cornwall
255
303
348
361
355
360
376
Dorset
128
137
149
166
115
192
155
Durham
53
68
83
129
76
117
107
Dyfed-Powys
44
99
94
79
92
66
71
Essex
2B1
316
320
352
324
264
321
Gloucestershire
109
97
105
145
150
130
134
Greater Manchester
667
790
812
769
767
712
769
Gwent
137
77
103
112
132
164
140
Hampshire
342
439
573
618
592
549
535
Hertfordshire
160
149
179
197
179
163
125
Humberside
239
330
286
323
264
237
209
Kent
201
268
329
413
368
379
337
Lancashire
225
241
249
299
257
232
236
Leicestershire
237
238
291
287
275
315
298
Lincolnshire
128
156
164
169
147
154
140
London, City of
3
3
7
5
8
3
1
Merseyside
320
360
342
356
274
231
208
Metropolitan police
2,580
2,417
2,282
2,249
2,144
1,775
2,019
Norfolk
170
196
170
209
147
128
132
Northamptonshire
158
144
116
152
147
138
160
Northumbria
313
305
306
325
307
232
232
North Wales
106
132
148
156
99
142
161
North Yorkshire
126
115
132
134
128
119
150
Nottinghamshire
225
273
230
236
223
209
281
South Wales
174
177
165
193
240
232
271
South Yorkshire
181
170
261
294
241
219
186
Staffordshire
236
226
275
267
265
224
229
Suffolk
143
166
169
192
161
151
164
Surrey
127
138
120
135
134
144
174
Sussex
327
276
414
399
413
293
343
Thames Valley
335
409
377
425
411
356
414
Warwickshire
59
73
83
75
93
96
99
West Mercia
205
210
199
212
208
229
263
West Midlands
679
747
882
856
834
748
709
West Yorkshire
514
572
526
558
579
563
613
Wiltshire
147
131
97
138
141
128
125
Total
11,445
12,378
12,869
13,327
12,624
11,629
12,129
Notes: 1. The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. 2. The data of the British Transport Police were included after the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002.
